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// An Unexpected Entrance 
// Story: Monty Hoofton's Galloping Circus 
// by paxtofettel 
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(The camera focuses on a quiet countryside. For a few minutes, nothing out of the ordinary occurs. Suddenly, a rainbow colored blur shoots across the sky and approaches the camera at breakneck speeds. The figure manages to stop before hitting the camerapony and we see that the figure is a cyan colored Pegasus with a rainbow mane.)

“And now for something completely AWESOME!” the pony exclaims.

“IT’S….”

Monty Hoofton’s Galloping Circus

Sketch: An Unexpected Entrance

Now, before I begin this tale, I am pleased to inform you, my dear readers, that I have personally dealt with our little “interruption” problem. You may be asking yourselves, “What happened to him/her?” Well, let’s just hope that our little friend knows how to swim, *evil laugh*.

Anyway, as the ponies in Manehattan would say, “let’s get this show on the road.”

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In the center of Ponyville, there rests a peculiar tree. Now, to the untrained eye, the tree looks like any other tree that you can find in Equestria. However, if you looked closely, the tree was, in fact, a building as well. You see, this was no ordinary tree. In fact, this “tree” was actually a library of all things. You might be wondering, “What sort of pony builds a library inside a tree?” Quite frankly, I am as confused as you are. Even more amusing than that, this “tree” also served as a home of some sort. No, not to cute, little furry animals, but to a pony and, get this, a bloody dragon (granted, he was only a baby dragon). The pony’s name was Twilight Sparkle, the most studious unicorn in all of Ponyville and Princess Celestia’s number one pupil. 

Let me talk to you about Twilight: she was, for lack of a better word, “a social outcast.” Sure, she did have six great friends whom she had formed a strong bond with. But, let’s just say that her romantic life was, well, non-existent. In fact….

“Excuse me”

Oh, Princess Celestia, to what do I owe this extreme pleasure?

“Well, it’s just that you seem to be getting off track. I do not think the readers care about my star pupil’s love life. If you would be so kind as to continue with the story at hoof, I would greatly appreciate it.”

Of course, my liege, forgive me. Isn’t she just grand, fillies and gentlecolts? Anyways, where was I?

Ah yes, Twilight indeed loved books. Every night, she would sit at her desk and read one of the many tomes that the previous owner of the library had stocked in the many shelves. She had already read many of these books during her studies in Canterlot, but she never got bored of them. In fact, she always seemed to notice something she didn’t catch during her previous readings. Tonight, she was reading her copy of “Modern Spellcasting,” which she considered to be an absolute classic. She enjoyed reading about the new spells that started coming out during the Reignissance after the Equestrian Church began to lift their tight restrictions on magic. Twilight loved to practice every spell that was written on the book, including some of the more, uh, potentially destructive ones. She was so engrossed in her reading, that she almost jumped through the roof when she heard the front door open and slam shut with a *BAM!* Twilight looked towards the door and saw her number one assistant, Spike, running towards her with a shocked look on his face.

“Spike, what’s the matter? Why do you look so worried?” asked Twilight, hoping that Spike was all right. You see, Twilight considered little Spike to be a sort of younger brother to her, seeing as she hatched him when she but a little filly.

Spike caught a few deep breaths, “Something bad’s happened in Sweet Apple Acres!” he exclaimed.

Twilight’s eyes shot open at an instant, “What happened?! Is everything all right?” she asked frantically.

“One of the apple trees fell on top of the barn,” was what Spike wanted to say, but seeing as he was so short of breath, all that came out was, “tree…fall…on…barn!”

Twilight merely looked at Spike with a confused face, “I beg your pardon? Can you speak more clearly?” she requested.

Spike took a few deep breaths, finally calming down. “One of the apple trees fell on top of the barn” he explained.

The purple unicorn mare looked shocked and she assaulted Spike with more questions. “How!? Did anypony get hurt? How bad was the damage?” she asked the dragon, shaking him with her hooves.

Spike gave a small shrug, “I don’t know,” he answered, sitting down in order to give his feet a break after all that running.

The librarian frowned, “What do you mean ‘you don’t know’? You must know something!” she exclaimed, once again shaking the dragon until he was dizzy.

“I just don’t know. Applejack just told me to come to you and tell you that there was trouble at the farm. Jeez, I wasn’t expecting the Equestrian Inquisition.” Suddenly, the front door slammed open again and in came a blinding blur of pink and red. It was a mare with an unbearable bright pink coat and mane. She was clad in a cloak and hat that were a garish shade of crimson red. Behind her were two other mares, a Pegasus with a rainbow mane and a unicorn with a clear white coat.

“NOPONY EXPECTS THE EQUESTRIAN INQUISITION!” she shouted with a high pitched voice, “our chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and fear, fear and surprise. Our TWO weapons, are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency, THREE weapons. Our THREE weapons, are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Colt, our FOUR..!”

“Pinkie, what in the name of Faustia and the Princesses are you doing?” asked Twilight, looking at her best friend with look of utter confusion.

Pinkie merely scoffed and pointed her nose to the air, “Who is this ‘Pinkie’ of which you speak? I am Cardinal Pie, high Inquisitor of The Equestrian Church and slayer of heathens! I, along with my fellow cardinals, Cardinal Dash and Cardinal White, hunt down those who disobey the teachings of Faustia and torture them with fluffy pillows!”

Twilight looked at the two ponies behind “Cardinal Pikie”, “You girls are also in this?” she asked.

Rarity was the first to speak, “We tried to talk her out of it, darling, but she was rather adamant about it,” she explained sadly.

Rainbow Dash stepped forward after Rarity, “She also tried to get us to wear these totally not awesome clothes. At first, we said now way to that, but she used those puppy dog eyes on us and well…”

“SILENCE!” bellowed Pinkie Pie in anger, “unless you want to spend time on the comfy chair. Now then, Cardinal White, read the charges.”

Rarity stepped forward and produced a scroll from the pockets of her cloak. She cleared her throat and in a bored voice she mumbled, “You are hereby charged that you did, on diverse dates, commit heresy against the Equestrian Church.”

The crazy pink pony stared at Twilight’s eyes, “Now then, vile heretic, how do you plead?” she asked with scorn dripping from her voice.

“Pinkie, this is absolutely ridiculous. Please, stop this insane game,” Twilight pleaded, but to no avail.

“YOU FOAL! You dare speak to me that way?” shouted Cardinal Pie with absolute conviction, “for that, you shall now suffer the terror of the soft cushions! Cardinal Dash, bring out the cushions!”

Rainbow Dash produced a pair of soft pillows (which were so very soft, by the way) and put both her front hooves inside of them. “Sorry ‘bout this Twilight,” she apologized and she began to poke her with the cushions.

Twilight merely let out a long sigh, “Oh Pinkie, you’re so random sometimes.”

[b(The camera suddenly cut to a pony with a cobalt blue mane and white coat. On her face is a pair of goggles which completely covers her red eyes. She is standing behind a turntable deck.)

“And now for something completely funky,” she says.

THE END